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Snow above Lake Crescent on the way out of town
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Evidence of a recent hailstorm at the trail head
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Setting out on a hail-covered trail to third beach
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I'd forgotten about the driftwood tangle between the trailhead and the beach!
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Some new fave trail snax!
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Better weather for a few hours than we could have hoped for!
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Packs down, campsite scouting
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Regal. Bull kelp scepter, driftwood throne.
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At this point in the trip, we were mesmerized by the water and mud moving on sand. This is before encountering an actual mudslide.
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Division of labor: Dan gathered wood for a fire while Becca and I filtered water and cooked dinner.
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Sunset and fire
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Water filtration hobbit
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Feeling quite proud of our first night's setup.
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Dinner!
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Camp rules: One hand on the pot at all times.
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Black rice noodles, carrots, broccoli, and string beans. Peanut sauce made with yuzu from Becca and Dan's yard!
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Last shred of daylight and a jumping ember
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And then fresh hail! Buckets and buckets of it!
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Re-do for the second night. We built a vestibule and dug it out.
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Structural buoy
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Pretty great sport for someone who doesn't really like backpacking!
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Good rainy sports
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Active mud slide
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Tiny bits of light in an extraordinarily dark, heavy, water-logged sky
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Wringing muddy water out of our gloves
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Tent selfie! Fuzzie heads!
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Attempt the mud climb
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A giant
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Reconsidering the mud slide
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This sky!
